Gaius Coffey
@gaiuscoffey.bsky.social
Celebrating the inherent lack of meaning in existence through futile acts of nihilist insignificance and sesquipedalian initiative. Also writing. Also slush-reading for @everydayfiction.bsky.social
No, I _edited_ it.
January 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
No, I _edited_ it.
Thanks, but I got a good mix with the last readthrough — some who loved it, some who didn't — enough to inform my changes for a wee while.
January 23, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Thanks, but I got a good mix with the last readthrough — some who loved it, some who didn't — enough to inform my changes for a wee while.
I watched his fate with face aghast,
I watched from Mary’s tree,
Until her great gorilla,
Climbed up to savage me.
I watched from Mary’s tree,
Until her great gorilla,
Climbed up to savage me.
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I watched his fate with face aghast,
I watched from Mary’s tree,
Until her great gorilla,
Climbed up to savage me.
I watched from Mary’s tree,
Until her great gorilla,
Climbed up to savage me.
Mary liked her animals,
They numbered twenty-three,
With big and small and tame and fierce,
In her menagerie.
-
Mary’s dog had great big teeth,
Strong jaws and savage temper.
The stalker screamed without relief,
As dog did him dismember.
They numbered twenty-three,
With big and small and tame and fierce,
In her menagerie.
-
Mary’s dog had great big teeth,
Strong jaws and savage temper.
The stalker screamed without relief,
As dog did him dismember.
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Mary liked her animals,
They numbered twenty-three,
With big and small and tame and fierce,
In her menagerie.
-
Mary’s dog had great big teeth,
Strong jaws and savage temper.
The stalker screamed without relief,
As dog did him dismember.
They numbered twenty-three,
With big and small and tame and fierce,
In her menagerie.
-
Mary’s dog had great big teeth,
Strong jaws and savage temper.
The stalker screamed without relief,
As dog did him dismember.
I should have looked up some better hashtags as I didn't include #Microfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork ... that's first draft posting for you. ;)
January 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I should have looked up some better hashtags as I didn't include #Microfiction #ShortStory #WritingCommunity #LiteraryMagazines #WritersNetwork ... that's first draft posting for you. ;)
And if it wasn't clear, @everydayfiction.bsky.social is a great place to do that. #amwriting #ezines #flashfiction
January 8, 2026 at 10:07 AM
And if it wasn't clear, @everydayfiction.bsky.social is a great place to do that. #amwriting #ezines #flashfiction
I thought that was old, too, until the advance of the marauding nostril hair.
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I thought that was old, too, until the advance of the marauding nostril hair.
I would love to reduce my emails to that number. How does one achieve it?
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I would love to reduce my emails to that number. How does one achieve it?
Deciding whether to feel validated or persecuted?
Is this the hill to die on?
Were I to be filthy rich perhaps I’d have a scion, a wealthy baby lobster to fight for me this battle, hopefully without a war where people die like cattle.
Is this the hill to die on?
Were I to be filthy rich perhaps I’d have a scion, a wealthy baby lobster to fight for me this battle, hopefully without a war where people die like cattle.
May 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Deciding whether to feel validated or persecuted?
Is this the hill to die on?
Were I to be filthy rich perhaps I’d have a scion, a wealthy baby lobster to fight for me this battle, hopefully without a war where people die like cattle.
Is this the hill to die on?
Were I to be filthy rich perhaps I’d have a scion, a wealthy baby lobster to fight for me this battle, hopefully without a war where people die like cattle.